Human rights official says Mikheil Saakashvili is not getting proper medical treatment and other prisoners insult and threaten him
Georgia's former president Mikheil Saakashvili. File photo: REUTERS/VALENTYN OGIRENKO
“Particular attention should be paid to the environment in which Mikheil Saakashvili is placed, which grossly violates human rights,” public defender Nino Lomjaria, Georgia’s human rights ombudsman, said in a statement. Lomjaria, who visited him the same day, said the hurling of insults and threats from other prisoners “can be heard in Saakashvili’s cell ... and clearly represents psychological pressure”.
Saakashvili was arrested on October 1 after returning from exile to Georgia to rally the opposition on the eve of local elections, in what he described as a mission to save the country. He faces six years in prison after being convicted in absentia in 2018 of abusing his office during his 2004-2013 presidency, charges he rejects as politically motivated.
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